On December 20, 1957, while spending the Christmas holidays
at Graceland, his newly purchased Tennessee mansion, rock-
and-roll star Elvis Presley received his draft notice for the United
States Army.
Elvis Aaron Presley (January 8, 1935 – August 16, 1977)
JOHN BELMONT
John Michael "Ozzy" Osbourne is an English singer,
songwriter, and television personality. He rose to fame
during the 1970s as the lead vocalist of the heavy metal
band Black Sabbath, during which period he adopted the
nickname "Prince of Darkness". He is 74 years old today.
Christine Anne McVie (12 July 1943 – 30 November 2022)
Christine McVie, the English musician whose smoky vocals
and romantic lyrics helped catapult the rock group Fleetwood
Mac to international success, died Wednesday after a brief
illness .
In 1998, McVie was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of
Fame as a member of Fleetwood Mac, and received the Brit
Award for Outstanding Contribution to Music. She was also
the recipient of two Grammy Awards.
Robert Gordon (March 29, 1947 – October 18, 2022)
Gordon died on October 18 after years of acute myeloid leukemia.
Robert Gordon with Link Wray on guitar, on his debut
album for Private Stock Records in 1977.
NEW YORK (AP) — Joanna Simon, an acclaimed mezzo-soprano,
Emmy-winning TV correspondent and one of the three singing
Simon sisters who include pop star Carly, has died.
Simon, the eldest of four, died Wednesday, just a day before her
sister Lucy died, according to Lucy’s daughter, Julie Simon.
Their brother Peter, a photographer, died in 2018 at 71. All three
had cancer.
Carly Simon (center) and sisters Lucy Simon and Joanna
Simon.
